Patents by Inventor Richard A. Wessner

Richard A. Wessner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4452471
    Abstract: A book-type ornament adapted to be suspended from a Christmas tree bough or other like support has a plurality of pliant inner sheets folded on themselves to provide pages. A pliant outer sheet is folded on itself to provide top and bottom cover portions, with the pages being arranged therebetween, and with the fold lines of the inner and outer sheets being parallel and adjacent to one another. A flexible elongated element is received in aligned openings located at the fold lines of the inner and outer sheets. This element extends exteriorly of the fold line of the outer sheet to form a loop for suspending the ornament. Planar outer elements overlie the exterior surfaces of the cover portions. The outer elements, which are dimensioned to expose the fold line of the outer sheet, have inturned peripheral flanges overlapping the edges of the cover portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Reed & Barton Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Wessner